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Slovene and Estonian


Estonian and Slovene


Countries

Countries
European Union, Slovenia  
Estonia, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia  
Estonia, Gambia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  

Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts  
Institute of the Estonian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Serbo-Croatian  
Finnish  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
25  
7
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
20  
10
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Tere  

Thank You
Hvala  
aitäh  

How Are You?
Kako se imate?  
kuidas sul läheb  

Good Night
Lahko noč  
Head ööd  

Good Evening
Dober večer  
Tere õhtust  

Good Afternoon
Dober dan  
Tere päevast  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
Tere hommikust  

Please
Prosim  
Palun  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Vabandust  

Bye
Nasvidenje  
Head aega  

I Love You
Ljubim te  
ma armastan sind  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
Vabandage  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene  
Keskmurre  

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Resian  
Tartu  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Georgia, South Estonia  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Styrian  
Idamurre  

Where They Speak
Slovenia  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
48  
31
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.50 million  
99+
1.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
0.95 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
1.10 million  
99+

Native Name
Slovenščina  
eesti keel  

Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina  
Eesti keel  

French Name
slovène  
estonien  

German Name
Slowenisch  
Estnisch  

Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]  
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]  

Ethnicity
Slovenes  
Estonians  

History

Origin
972-1093  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
-  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Slovene  
Estonian  

Language Position
28  
26
22  
20

Signed Forms
Slovene Sign Language  
Estonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sl  
et  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slv  
est  

ISO 639 2/B
slv  
est  

ISO 639 3
slv  
est  

ISO 639 6
slv  
est  

Glottocode
slov1268  
esto1258  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-f  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative  

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All Slovene and Estonian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Slovene and Estonian dialects. Various dialects of Slovene and Estonian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Slovene are spoken in different Slovene Speaking Countries whereas Estonian Dialects are spoken in different Estonian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Slovene vs Estonian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Slovene dialects include: Prekmurje Slovene, Resian. Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre , Tartu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Slovene and Estonian Speaking population

Slovene and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovene and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of Slovene and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovene language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Slovene and Estonian on Slovene vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Slovene and Estonian Language Codes

Slovene and Estonian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Slovene and Estonian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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